Browse Items (81 search results)
Sort by:
Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather chief's plastron
This plastron is a feather train for the chief's dance costume. It features feathers attached to wooden bars, with split quills wrapped around the bars with black waxed string. Consists of brown and white harpy eagle and beige and black hawk…
Peruvian Kaxinawá chief's feather headdress
This headdress consists of a double wooden circle with thick white string and blue/white woven material. Four multicolored macaw feathers stand tall as do four sticks with white harpy eagle feathers. Also white, fluffy, and multicolored feathers…
Peruvian Kaxinawá porcupine quill headdress
A headdress consisting of a narrow wooden circle with black string around it, one red feather, a short black feather, and porcupine quills featuring dangling multicolored feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Isa Dani Maiti Hinaya
Tail feather is…
Notes on accession card:
"Isa Dani Maiti Hinaya
Tail feather is…
Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle, black string, and feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati (Feather hat)- Crown of wod [sic] with twine (brown) binding feathers to wood. Layers blend together but is broken into two separate layers.…
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati (Feather hat)- Crown of wod [sic] with twine (brown) binding feathers to wood. Layers blend together but is broken into two separate layers.…
Peruvian Kaxinawá multi-colored seed necklace
A necklace consisting of four strands of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), brownish-gray, red and black poisonous seeds, and oblong brown seeds. This necklace also features a smaller strand of seeds at the top. length - 30 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá wooden machete
A wooden machete adorned with a stained black and brownish design, with a razor grass-decorated handle, and feathers. The blade is straight edged and has a slanted tip.
Notes on accession card:
"Use: In initiation rites for ceremonial clearing of…
Notes on accession card:
"Use: In initiation rites for ceremonial clearing of…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace consisting of seven strands of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), grayish-brown seeds (termed "Mai-Matsi"), and large black seeds. length- 47 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá monkey fur and feather headdress
This headdress consists of monkey fur and blue, red, and yellow macaw feathers and brown wild turkey feathers dispersed throughout.
Notes on accession card:
"skin: dukawan
y. f.: macaw (kana)
dull blue: kana
vibrant blue-gr. : xawan
brown:…
Notes on accession card:
"skin: dukawan
y. f.: macaw (kana)
dull blue: kana
vibrant blue-gr. : xawan
brown:…
Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, gray, and white woven material featuring two large feathers in the back as well as checkered brown and fluffy harpy eagle feathers and white, red, yellow, and blue feathers circling the…
Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey, macaw, and heron.feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with black and white woven band with short black wild turkey feathers and yellow and red parrot feathers inside of folding white heron feathers attached with black string.
Notes on accession…
Notes on accession…
Featured Item
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton belt
A cotton belt/ hip band consisting of a heavy, narrow white and black woven band; white, blue, and pink fringe; and white string at either end.…